ANI
24 Mar 2023, 01:56 GMT+10
Moirang (Manipur) [India], March 23 (ANI): An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.8 on the Richter Scale hit 60km east-southeast of Moirang, Manipur on Thursday, informed National Centre for Seismology (NSC).
According to NSC, the earthquake struck Moirang at 6:51 pm.
"Earthquake of Magnitude:3.8, Occurred on 23-03-2023, 18:51:09 IST, Lat: 24.34Long: 94.35, Depth: 67 Km, Location: 60km ESE of Moirang, Manipur, India," Tweeted NCS.
Earlier an earthquake of magnitude 2.7 on the Richter Scale struck 17 km west-northwest of Delhi on Wednesday, the National Center for Seismology reported.
In a tweet, the National Center for Seismology stated, "Earthquake of Magnitude:2.7, Occurred on 22-03-2023, 16:42:35 IST, Lat: 28.66Long: 77.03, Depth: 5 Km, Location: 17km WNW of New Delhi, India."Earlier on Tuesday, people in north India including in Delhi and adjoining areas felt earthquake tremors evening with many people coming to open spaces as a precautionary measure.
National Centre for Seismology said that an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 on the Richter Scale hit 133km SSE of Fayzabad, Afghanistan today at 10:17 pm.
Following the tremours, Delhi Fire Services received calls regarding tilted buildings and cracks appearing in buildings from Jamia Nagar, Kalkaji and Shahdara areas.
Fire services teams rushed to these areas to take stock of the situation. However, authorities later confirmed that no tilting was found in buildings due to the earthquake.
"A PCR call regarding the tilting of a building in the Shakarpur area was received due to the earthquake. Police, PCR, Fire brigade and District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) reached the spot. Apparently, no crack or tilt was observed in the building. The caller said he called as he suspected tilt," said Delhi Police. (ANI)
Get a daily dose of India Gazette news through our daily email, its complimentary and keeps you fully up to date with world and business news as well.
Publish news of your business, community or sports group, personnel appointments, major event and more by submitting a news release to India Gazette.
More InformationNEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks started the week under pressure on Monday. "Markets are catching their breath after ...
NEW YORK CITY, New York: A JPMorgan Chase & Co spokesperson has confirmed that as part of the bank's efforts ...
WASHINGTON D.C.: The Pentagon said this week that the satellite communications service started by billionaire Elon Musk, SpaceX's Starlink, has ...
CHARLESTON, South Carolina: During a media tour this week at Boeing's facilities in Charleston, South Carolina, company CEO Dave Calhoun ...
MENLO PARK, California: Facebook parent company Meta Platforms has said it would remove news content in California if the state ...
BRUSSELS, Belgium: EU tech chief Margrethe Vestager has said that a draft code of conduct on artificial intelligence (AI) could ...
NEW DELHI, India - Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal met with Indian counterpart Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House in ...
Paramaribo [Suriname], June 6 (ANI): Suriname on Monday conferred its highest civilian honour to President Droupadi Murmu- The Grand Order ...
Windhoek [Namibia], June 6 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar inaugurated the Namibia University's fully equipped IT center, known as ...
Nainital (Uttarakhand) [India], June 6 (ANI): Dinesh Trivedi, a former Railway Minister and top West Bengal BJP leader, slammed Mamata ...
Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], June 6 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Police on Monday seized 240 kg of cannabis and arrested eight ...
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Three people, including a woman, were injured on Sunday in a scuffle over the ...